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Album of Signatures of Nearly Every U.S. President from George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Circa 1950

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Album of signatures of nearly every U.S. President from George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, mostly clipped or franking signatures.

  • [assembled circa 1950].
  • Quarto.
  • Each autograph mounted or tipped onto White Ace Presidential Series printed pages, with engraved portraits of each president mounted on facing leaves.
  • Not including James K. Polk (present as a printed signature only).
  • Twentieth century full navy blue morocco, seal of the U.S. in gilt on the upper cover, in a later blue slipcase.


Signature Details:

1) George Washington. Franking signature, on an address leaf addressed in his hand to Mrs. A. Stockton.

2) John Adams. Franking signature, in an old and very shaky hand, on a clipped address panel addressed to General Dearborn, dated November 28, 1822, with the word "Roxbury" added in Adams's hand.

3) Thomas Jefferson. Franking signature, on a clipped address panel addressed to Mr. Isaac Briggs. Approx. Irregularly trimmed.

4) James Madison. Franking signature, on a clipped address panel addressed in his hand to "Cutts, Esq. Washington"

5) James Monroe. Clipped signature.

6) John Quincy Adams. Franking signature, on a clipped address panel addressed in his hand to M. M. Jones in Utica, NY.

7) Andrew Jackson. Franking signature, clipped from an address panel.

8) Martin Van Buren. Clipped signature.

9) William Henry Harrison. Clipped signature and valediction.

10) John Tyler. Franking signature, clipped from an address panel addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Watter.

11) James K. Polk. Printed signature, on small clipped sheet.

12) Zachary Taylor. Clipped signature and rank.

13) Millard Fillmore. Franking signature, on a clipped address panel addressed to Thurlow Weed.

14) Franklin Pierce. Franking signature, on a clipped front of a mourning stationery envelope.

15) James Buchanan. Clipped signature and valediction.

16) Abraham Lincoln. Clipped signature and valediction, "Yours truly."

17) Andrew Johnson. Clipped signature and date, in pencil, on ruled paper.

18) Ulysses S. Grant. Signature, on card.

19) Rutherford B. Hayes. Signature, on card with bevelled edges.

20) James A. Garfield. Clipped signature, on yellow paper.

21) Chester A. Arthur. Signature, on Executive Mansion card.

22) Grover Cleveland. Signature, on Executive Mansion card.

23) Benjamin Harrison. Signature, on card with bevelled edges.

24) William McKinley. Signature, on card.

25) Theodore Roosevelt. Signature, on White House card.

26) William Taft. Signature, on card.

27) Woodrow Wilson. Clipped signature, from the bottom of a typed letter to George W. Whyte.

28) Warren G. Harding. Clipped signature, from a partly-printed document.

29) Calvin Coolidge. Signature, on White House card.

30) Herbert Hoover. Signature, on small card.

31) Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Clipped signature, on blue ruled paper.

Condition Report

Revive
Fair
Good
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Like New

Rebacked with the original spine laid down.

Spine a bit faded.

Worn at extremities.

Internally generally clean.

The Washington tipped in with cellotape, with minor resulting staining at edges.

Feature(s)

Signed

Language

English

Subject

Autographed and Signed Material, Memorabilia, Politics and Law, Military and Naval, Manuscripts, Letters, Documents, Ephemera, American History, Americana, Illustrated, Gifts, History

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